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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.
Vol. X1, NAPOLEONVILLE, La., SATURDAY. AUGUST4 18, 1877. No. 10.
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CZ yTO YRAVELERS.'
the United `Satea
Deed leaves N onnplV l daily (Sundsys
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= a els, nd City HOW as
FERRY STORE
NAPOLEONVVILLE~
THE PERRY STORE has always on
and every article in the G(ocery line and
~re offered at very moderate pries. The
fqllowing are specially re oupmanded :
Flour, Neal,
.Grits, Rice,
Coffee, Tee,
Sugve Oil Vineger,
Bjack Pepper, 8aJt,
Cnnued Fnuite,
Lard, Ham,
Bacon,
Shoulders,
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Mackerel, Pickles,
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Candles, Starch.
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Wine, Madeira Wipe, Wine
of Xeres, Cognacs of the best
brands, Anisette, (Marie Brissard)
Casals du Mont 4'Or, Rhum Punch. St.Cruz
RhBng, .uragoa, Marascb.no,Holland
GQi, Charteunse, Apple Brandy,
Peach Brandy, Vermouth,
Hoetetter's, Price and
Arabian Bitters,
etc., etc.
-ALSO.
Crockery, Cutelry Tinware, Earthern
ware, Axes, Helves, Brooms,N ails,
Shpt, Powder and Caps.
all at the
FERRY STORE
and you will be convinced that cheaper
Groceries cpnnot be bought elsewhere.
The only Steam Mangfactury of Cnoestio
nary in the South.
Silver Wedals, Diplomas and Pr4miums
awarded,
LEO N MEDAL,
9 0..ooO88o3 TO aEnWBT TUXPIN,
Asainfaetrer and Wholesale Dealer In
stick Candy (the beet made), French and
Fancy Candies, Sugar Toys, Chocolates,
Jollies, Syrups, Fruits all sorts of Dry and
Ginger Cakes, Fire Works, Surprise and
NEW ORLEANS, La.
Laurent praneioni. Oscar Foise.
Francioni & Folse,
COMMI8SION MERCHANTS,
No, 5 Pt. Loius Street,
LIBERAL ADVANGES MADE ON CON
SIGNX.NT8.
lssumption Lodg:- No. 203
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WRM. X. MARIS,
Attorney and Notary ublie,,
PLATTENVILLE. LA.
GUION & FOLSE,
Attorneys at Law,
NAPOLEONVILLE, ASSUMPTION, LA.
Practice in the Courts of the 'ifteent h
Ju4icial District,in the adjoining parishes
snd in the Supreme Court.
N .B.-L. U. Fosa. Notary Public.
ED. NicaoLLa PUOGH, Ws. E. HOWELL
Donaldsonville, La. Napoleonville, La
PUGH & HOWELL,
Afterngys at Law,
Will practice in Aeension and Assumption.
D. LEBLANC & W. GUION,
Attorneys at Law,
NAPOLEONV1LLE, ASSUMPTION, LA
BEAMIS & ARNOLD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Cuitom-Houae, Up Stairs,
NEW ORLEANS, La.
-o:o-
Wiill give prompt attention to any busi
neas in the city. and in the Parishes of
Assumption and Lafourche.
R. N. SIMS,
Attorney at Law,
DONALDSONVILLE, LA.
Will practice in the Parishes of 4ccn
iou, Assumption, St. James and St. John
tile Baptist.
aOtBusiness promptly attended to.
ALERT P. LAUVE.
Attorjey and Notary Public,
PAINCOURTVILLE, 14.
J. B. WHITTINGTON,
Attorney and Notary Public,
NAPOLEONVILLE, LA.
Will attend promptly to all business in
the Fitteenth Judial District Conrt
and Supreme Court,
HE BSUBIBEBI ARE FROM THI8
dsy Associated in the Practice of Medi
inn and the Firm is 'oRD & BORDIS.
JosP n I). FORD,
GwTroN C. BORDI8.
March 1. 1815
A, ANCHORDOQIJY,
Wheelright and BIacisupith,
NAPOLEONVILLE,
Carriages. Buggies, Carta, Wagons, &a.
made and repaired at New Orleans prices.
DR. PAUL HUMBERT,
Performs all operations on
the teeth in the lateet and
most scientitie manner.
Consultations free, and all work guaran
teed.
Ol4.e s No. 7T Railroad Avenue,
DONALDSONVILLE.
A. F. HICKMAN
Wholesale Grocer
-AND
Importe aof Wines A. Liquors
.5, DECATUR ST.
1VEW ORLEANS.
ALTPH. WALZ,
RECTIFIER,
Importer and Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in Liquors,
ALE, PORTER AND CIDER,
Agent for the
CELEBRATED AURORA LAGCER BEER.
26 - -- C- e ts Street - - --*G
Between Chartres and Old Levee Streeta,
NEW ORLEANS.
LEON QUEYBOUZE. O$CAB BOIS
QIUYROUZE & BOIS
Wholesale Grocers,
- Dealer in -
WINES And LIQUORS
And all Kinds of
WEST1ERN PRODUCE,
AT TIE BLUE STORES,
Cor. Old ILevee & Bienville Sts.
NIEW ORLEAN1,
H. H. HANSEELL,
Saddlery and Saddlery Hardware.
NEW OELEANS, LA.
2 o2 i(pi SBr. J.\ 74 Como B SrT.
STATE OF LOUISIANA..
PAJA)H OF ASSUMPTIOTN.
PARISH COURT.
No. 1150.
Suecession of Louis Fdse.
N.tice is hereby given to the creditors
and all persons interested in said succes
sion, to showcause within ten days, if any
they have or can from date of publication
hereof, why the provisional account pre
sented by Louis J. Fol.e, tetamentary
executor of said succession, should not
be approved and homologated, and the
funds dietributed is accordance therewith.
By order of the Court,
THOMAS DIVINE, Clerk.
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH COURT.
PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.
No. 1165.
Succession of Adelard Rousseaux,
and wife Azelie Porche,
WHEieAs, Duffossard Rolgoeaux, a resi
dent of the parish of Assumption, La., has
petitioned the Court of Letters of admjin
istration on the Estate of the late Adelard
Rousseaux and wife Azelie Porche, de
ceased, intestate : Notice is hereby given
t , ah whom it may concern, to show cause,
within ten days from date of this notice,
why the prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted
By order of the Court.
E. L. HEBERT,
Deputy Clerk of Court.
Assumption, La., August 3, 1877.
bTATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH COURT.
PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.
No. 1050.
t'cessiora of Edtward Pugh,
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
and allpers no irterested in sid success+on
to shpw o ause within ten days from the
present notification. if any they have or
can, why'the provisional account present
ed by Robert Pugh, administrator of said
succession, shouMd not be homologatedaiud
approved, aid the funds distributed in
accordance therewith.
By order of the Court.
L.S. THOMAS DIVINE,
__ L Clerk of Court.
Assumption, La., July 25, 1877.
. ThIAYED.
Taken up on the 13th day
of July,1877, a
Darkyorrel Mare,
with a white spot rn the nose and fore-!
head, and four feet black, branded on
the left shoulder A I'.
BEN BENJAMIN. JR.,
Justice Peace 2nd Ward.
Parish of Assumption, July 17, 1877.
Natico to Teachers,
The examination of applicants
for Teachers of tihe Public schools
of this parish, will take place at
Napoleonville--for males on Mon
day 13th inst., and for ladies on
Thursday the 16th inst.
WM. M. MARKS,
Pres. School Board.
FOR SALE.
Two Males and One Horse.
Apply to FRANCOIS GAUDIN,
Napoleonville.
BRICKS! BRICKS!!
The undersigned, having enlarged their
BRICK YAURD with the intention of carry
ing their business on a larger scale, solicit
as heretofore the patronage of their
friends, and are now prepared to deliver
Bricks at all landings between Donaldson
vile and Thibodaux at prices and condi
tions t., snit purchasers.
Address :
DUGAS & TRUXILLO,
Assumption Store.
i Constantly on hand a supply of
TYLE BRICKS.
BODLEY Bros.,
Wheeling, W. Va.
DEPOTS:
No. 64 Common Street, New Orleans, and
Thibodanx, La.
MANUPACTUERBS OF
Cane carts, Male carts,
Bagasse Carta. Rice carts,
Town carts, Small carts,
(of all sies)
Axle grease, (the best made) Spokes, Fel
loes, 'Wheeling Nails, etc., etc.
ALL WORKS FULLY WARRANTED
Mr. R. H. WEBSTER, Napoleonville,
will keen a stock rf Cart- shd sale Grease
ght 'iounc x.
Subscription Price, $3 a Year.
Official Directory.
Fifteenth Judicial District.
[Comprising the parishes of Assumption,
Lafonrche, and Terrebonne.]
District Judge.............Taylor Beattie
District Attorney ........eymour R. Snaer
Regular term. of District Court ing s
sumptaon 'a.isl, open on first Monday in
May and first Mo..day in November.
Eighth Senatorial Distract.
State Senators..........Hon. F. 8. Goode
Thos. A. Cage
Parish Officers.
Representatives............George Drury
" ............Jonas Hughes
Parish Judge.................Alfred Tete
Clerk of the Court.......Thos. Divine
Recorder............George Washington
Treasarer................ August Bulow
Tax Collector.............J. C. Thiac
Sheriff .......... .....A. J. Echeverria
Coroner...................John Hickman
Parish Physician...... Dr. R. E. Beasley
Publio Administrator ...Hiram R. Carver
POLICE JURORS.
Wm. W. Pugh, President; Thos. D. Cox,
W. B. Ratliff, Emile Tallient David Levy,
John Weure, Moses R. Hite, Bazile Graves,
Levy Williams.
Terrible Accoumets of Turkis
Atrocities--12OOO to 15,000
t hristians Massacred.
LONDON, Aug. 14.-The Daily
News Bucharest correspondent
telegraphs: I have written the
following as I received it, and
from the terrible accounts which
fugitives continually bring over
the Balkans, fear it must be only
too true : On July 31, the day of
the Russian evacuation of Eski
Saghra, the Turks ordered that
all Christians, me&t women and
children should be shot as they
left their houses. Those who re
mained within were burnt alive.
The order was given to burn
down and destroy every particle
of christian property in the place.
Many leading Turkish merchants
took part in the affair. One dis
patched a large number of Bashi
Bazouks all over Tchirpan Dis
traict. This district is one of- the
richest in that part of Turkey.
It contains a large proportion of
Christian inhabitants, and over
300 churches and 500 schools
and colleges, all of which have
been burnt. The destruction ex
tended to the villages of Bogh
dan, Mahalesi, Rani, and many
others, in all about sixty, con
taining from 150 to 200 families
each. Scarcely fifty persons have
escaped alive, ulgarian fugi
tives at Gabriavo and Selvi esti
mate that from 12,000 to 15,000
Christians have been massacred
in Eski Saghra and Tchirpan.
Two Know Nothing Candi
dates for Governor of Ohio.
[Tiffin Advertiser.]
Mr. West edited a Know
Nothing paper at Bellefontaine
in 1854, and was elected prose
cuting attorney on that ticket
the same year. It is of no con
sequence, but as Republican
papers opened out on Mr. Bish
op, and sought to bring odium
upon him by falsely charging
that he was elected mayor of
Cinoinnatti on the Know Noth
ing ticket in 1858, three years
after that party had been ab
sorbed by the Republican party,
it is in order to show up their
candidate's record on that mat
ter.
A Mr. Morris, planter, near
St. Joseph, Tensas parish, aoci
dently discovered what he calls
a cheap and effective means of
destroying the cocoa grass. It is
to sprinkle ooal oil (that in its
crude state is best) on the grass
out of an ordinary watering pot,
putting it on so that about five
or six drops will be on each
stem that goes down to the nuts
in the ground. The best time to
put it on is when the grass is
perfectly dry, free from rain
water and dew. Will some one
try it and report the result?
ndicatfor.
.epke to the Governor.
New York Trmibne.
Ex-Gov. Seymou,'s nephew,
Mr. RJ. B. Miller, has just died
at itica. While Seymour was
Govetaor 11 1863 he gave Mr.
Miller the oboe of pardon clerk
-an office which be filled with
efficiency and integrity. A
member of the Legislature onee
applied for a pardon for one of
his constituents, and sought to
secure a favorable report from
Mr. Miller. "I'll tell you what
I'll do," he said, with the rascal
ly bluntness of one who believes
that every man has his price;
"I'll give you a hundred dollars
if you'll get the Governor to
sign that pardon." Mr. Miller
stifled his indignation, and with
a quizzical smile on his face, of
fered to attend to the business
immeaiately. "We'll go right
in and see the Governor," he
said. Reaching the executive
presence, Mr. Miller remarked,
with a great show of interest,
"Gov. Seymour, this is the Hon.
M --; he is a member of the
Legislature, and he wants a
pardon for one of his constitu
ents; he offers me a hundred
dollars if Ill get it for him. I'll
go: you halves on the money if
you'll sign itl" The astoni hed
member, taking in the situatign,
precipitately bfed.
I
A Man Whoe Never Told a
Lie,
Yesterday afternoon an old
oil man, with crude petroleum
dripping from his clothes and
legs inclosed in high boots, en
tered the Derrick office and said:
"Want an item ?"
S"I've got the dnmbdest item
you ever heard tell on. I struck
an ile well on my lease Mon
day, and she flowed a streamed
of ile one hundred feet high
straight up for half an hour.
Then she kinder died down
one of my drillers was standing
over the hole, when she sudden
ly spurted up again, and, blast
my eyes if it didn't take that
driller right up with it. The
stream was a powerful one, you
see, an' he went up a hundred
feet. You've seen those little
balls as dance about on top of
those little spurting fountains
such as they have in the cities?
Yes, waal that's the wa4 this
'ere thing acted, an' there s that
air driller right up on top of
that hundred fut column of
crude ile, an' he's dancin' about
like chaff in a fanning mill.
What do you think of that un?"
"How long has he been up
there?"
"About four days and four
nights."
"He must be very hungry by
this time. Doesn't he come
down to get something to eat ?"
"Why, we 'ons just put a plte
of hath in this stemn of ile, and
it takes it up to him, you see.
An it's mighty handy, as he
finds his victuals already gre^se
ed, an' he doesn't need any
butter."
"But he must have frosen to
death before this time."
"Why, man, we've sent him
up on the same stream, bed and
bedding, a small stove an' wood,
an' we're goin' to build him a
small house, an' then he can
live there as comfortable as a
prince."
His face was as innocent of
deceit as a piece of tanned
leather, and when he asked to
have his name put down as a
deadhead subscriber for informt
ation he had given we didn't
have the heart to hurt his feel
ing by iefusing.--(Oil City DPr
rick.